Mouse β-defensin 3 is an inducible antimicrobial peptide expressed in the epithelia of multiple organs

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3542-3547

  Bals, Robert ^a   Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Meegalla, Rupalie L ^a   Wattler, Sigrid ^c   Weiner, Daniel J ^a,b   Nehls, Michael C ^c   Wilson, James M ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033043785     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3542-3547.1999     Document Type: Article

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